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Skriven 2010-08-16 20:46:12 av Carol Shenkenberger (15315.cooks)
    Kommentar till text 227 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: braunschweiger  was: Picnics!
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 >  CS> Well, my lavander plant loves it!  It needs a haircut pretty badly but
 >  CS> it's growing bigger as we speak.
 > 
 > Ours is doing well also, as are the rosemary and thyme.  I looked at the
 > ones we got a few days before we took off for NY. The basil is leggy but
 > has some good leaves on it.  The oregano looks so-so, we might be able
 > to get a few pots of sauce or whatever from it.  The parsley looks
 > pretty decent; we might get enough to use thru the winter.  I'll look
 > again when we get home.

Parsely comes back here in a reasonable winter so should where you are as
well.  Catnip also makes most winters.

 >  > Always. Steve didn't have too many other job skills that were
 >  > translatable into actual work before he went into the Army.  Got a few
 >  > that do give him job options now. (G)
 > 
 >  CS> Grows over time doesnt it!
 > 
 > Yes, same with me.  I sewed some before, tackling more now.  Plus, years
 > of living in different places and learning how to cook locally has given
 > me a broader base of what to bring for pot lucks, cook for us, etc. (G)

Well, I'm a melting pot of my own cookery now after so many places and
blending bits of this or that.  I was looking over some of my older recipes
and came across the squid-grits one we made a few times when out of rice in
Sasebo.

An odd sounding but actually good recipe.  You'd probably like it with
poblanos while I like it mixed with kimchee and corn kernals.

 >  CS> Well, Charlotte is a bit delayed in driving now.  I bitched at Don for
 >  CS> telling too many horror tales. I'll have to take it slow with her now.
 > 
 > Better slow than too fast.  You've got a wider variety of driving set
 > ups there--city streets, suburbs, interstate, etc.  We had village
 > streets and country roads.

Clemson SC for me.  Not much traffic outside of main college football game
days.

 >  >  CS> Whst, kitty?  Naw.  She's an innocently little white virgin!
 >  >  CS> (Guffaw!)
 > 
 >  > She might have been in my lap when things were quiet had we congregated
 >  > in the front part of the house.
 > 
 >  CS> Not likely but possible!  Keep in mind she's a rescued feral. She'd
 >  CS> more likel y glommer MLoo for food (grin). She thinks sleeping on
 >  CS> 2foots crotches is a fine thing but has little use for us other than
 >  CS> that until it is *food* time.
 > 
 > She'll come around with love and attention on her own time.
 > 
 >  CS> (hush now, she's sleeping on a cushion behind me)
 > 
 > OK, I'll be quiet but give her a pat from me.

snicker, she's purring on the sofa.
             xxcarol
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